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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

FINALS UPDATE: After finals adjustments, State of Affairs ended up at a 1.5, down 32% from the premiere. This was a bad situation, but that's still a pretty poor showing. It needs to go up next week.

Other particularly ugly points included The Voice (2.6) and 2 Broke Girls (1.6), each down a half point week-to-week, and a new low for Sleepy Hollow (1.4). But there was a significant winner in Dancing with the Stars (2.5), whose performance finale was up big year-to-year and almost tied The Voice! Worth reiterating: this was an extremely irregular night.

With a double-dose of Monday Night Football (pre-emptions on both NBC and CBS) plus interruptions for Ferguson coverage in both the 9:00 and 10:00 hour, almost all of last night's ratings are subject to significant change, and there's arguably not a ton of value in them even after finals due to the disruptions. The only things that seem fairly certain/notable at the moment:

NBC's State of Affairs (1.7) took at least a somewhat sizable week two drop, though getting a 15-minute interruption after seven minutes of your second episode is a pretty rough break.

And ABC, which had (relatively) fewer disruptions, is currently up a bit more with the performance finale of Dancing with the Stars (2.4, even year-to-year) and Castle (2.0). Much more to come after finals!

FULL TABLE:

Info

Show

Timeslot

True

A18-49

Skew

Last

LeLa

Rank

y2y

TLa

Ty2y

Dancing with the Stars

2.5

21%

+9%

+0.2

n/a

1/13

+14%

+9%

+12%

2.5

Castle

1.7

23%

-6%

-0.1

+0.2

5/8

-19%

-6%

-21%

1.6

ABC:

+5%

+2%

2 Broke Girls

1.6

30%

-24%

-0.5

n/a

5/5

-41%

-24%

-45%

1.6

The Big Bang Theory (R)

1.5

28%

+0%

-44%

1.5

Scorpion

1.9

26%

-5%

-0.1

+0.0

10/10

n/a

-5%

-21%

1.9

NCIS: Los Angeles

1.5

22%

-12%

-0.2

-0.1

7/9

-38%

-12%

+36%

1.6

CBS:

-10%

-21%

The Voice Mon

2.6

34%

-16%

-0.5

n/a

10/10

-24%

-16%

-23%

2.5

State of Affairs

1.5

33%

-32%

-0.7

-0.5

2/2

n/a

-32%

-51%

1.4

NBC:

-20%

-32%

Gotham

2.3

48%

+0%

+0.0

n/a

6/10

n/a

+0%

+21%

2.3

Sleepy Hollow

1.4

42%

-13%

-0.2

+0.0

10/10

-36%

-13%

-38%

1.4

Fox:

-5%

-11%

The Originals

0.6

60%

-14%

-0.1

n/a

5/8

-45%

-14%

+50%

0.6

Jane the Virgin

0.4

53%

+0%

+0.0

-0.1

4/7

n/a

+0%

+33%

0.4

CW:

-9%

+43%

Big5:

-9%

-15%

KEY (click to expand)

A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.Skew - Percentage of adults 18-49 within the show's total viewership.Last - A18-49 difference (percent and numerical) from the show's previous episode.LeLa - A18-49 difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes so far this season.y2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the show's rating a year ago.TLa - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.Ty2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.True - A metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.